The upcoming show will take audiences through its entire story.
However, this new telling isn’t going to match everything to a tee.
The show is based on a 1975 book written by James Clavell that had its own miniseries in 1980.
Michaela Clavell is the daughter of the originalShogunauthor and also serves as an executive producer for the new series.
It’s a process of taking out what you want.
In this version, they wanted a more ensemble cast.
And that was always the intent of FX to do justice to that view.
And I think that all the choices were made with that in mind.
I would say it was a book that was on everyone’s parent’s nightstand for us generationally.
And so I think because of that, I found a pretty helpful point of view.
Because we could see it as a silhouette and engage with it that way.
And there’s a representational side to that which I can’t really speak to.
That’s what we’re after.
And so we wanted to stand on his shoulders and reach for something even newer or even more exciting.
I feel like I have to have a person with me to watch.
I don’t know how it mitigates it, but it does.
Like, does it feel shocking?
Does it feel like you want it to end?
Do you want to dread it?
Because that’s what violence is; it’s shocking, and it’s dreadful.
It happens, and you want it to be over as quickly as possible.
And I think when you have that, it creates a recipe for something surprising.
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